What Happened to Canuckle | Why Canuckle Stopped?

Last Updated on July 3, 2022 by Sam

How did the Canuckle Game turn out | Why Canuckle Stopped?

The game’s creators have always said that it would only be available for a short period of time, and they decided that July 1, 2022—Canada Day, previously known as Domination Day—was the ideal date to conclude the game.

message by the Canuckle team:

“It’s hard to believe that the final week of Canuckle is here! It’s been almost 20 weeks since our first word on Feb 10, but seems like we started only yesterday! Canada Day will be the last Canuckle puzzle (word #142!), and then all of the words will be available to play in the Canuckle Archive. We are not shutting things down indefinitely, but after Canada Day, the game will be on hiatus for the time being and we’ll be enjoying a break over the summer months.

It’s certainly bittersweet. We are sad that the game is ending, but also proud of what we were able to create. We committed to run Canuckle for a limited time so that we could ensure we had a good set of words related to Canada. While we’d love for Canuckle to continue forever, it definitely has an expiry date given the limited number of Canada-related 5-letter words. We do have more words ready to go, but we’ve selected our favourite words to lead up to Canada Day and end on a high note. We felt that wrapping up on Canada’s birthday was quite the poetic ending for a Canadian game! ☺️

You never know what could happen down the road…for now we are wrapping things up, but perhaps we’ll be back again someday! We are looking into creating a Canuckle app, and have also considered some variations like 6- or 7-letter Canadian words, limited time pop-up games, and themed games (i.e. famous/influential Canadians), so you probably haven’t heard the last of Canuckle just yet. Be sure to follow us on Twitter @CanuckleGame for all the latest news and updates going forward.

It’s not goodbye, it’s until we play again!”